Four people suspected of involvement in the shooting of a 70-year-old Jersey City woman this afternoon have been taken into custody.

The woman was shot twice in the stomach at about 3:30 p.m. in a driver-by shooting in the Heights that has left her in critical condition and fighting for her life at the Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City spokesman Stan Eason said.

It appears that the victim was not the intended target of the gunfire that erupted on Griffith Street, Eason said.

An area resident said that police are not letting people in or out of the buildings in the 500 block of Marshall Drive.

Police sources said the gunman is believed to be a Hoboken resident who is known to them.